David Lebovitz

Blog of pastry chef David Lebovitz, author of Room For Dessert, Ripe For Dessert, The Great Book of Chocolate and The Perfect Scoop. Dessert and chocolate recipes using seasonal fruit and berries, and writing about Paris, including travel tips and stories about living the sweet life in Paris.

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13 comments - 01.12.2008

Pierre!

You were, like, so robbed last night on Star Academy.

You rock...and the people who voted you off are complètement nul...

13 Comments

By fanny on January 12, 2008 11:17 AM

I found out about this this morning. C'est totalement nul.

By Bob Spencer on January 12, 2008 1:31 PM

When we're in France, I always try to watch Star Academy. I don't get to see much of it over here, but every once in a while, they toss out a teaser on You Tube.

By David on January 12, 2008 1:36 PM

Fanny: Yes, it sucks!

Bob: It's so different than American Idol. Here, they all sing together and are friendly and cheer each other on. And although the judges are honest, they're still pretty decent.

Except last night, when the Best Contestant got voted out, one of the judges walked off. It took me a while to calm down too...I'm still fuming.

By Anthony on January 12, 2008 2:26 PM

I read your blog religiously and believe it or not you are the only person in Paris I know. I come from a fairly impressive culinary pedigree and wish to tackle making Laduree style macaroons. With that said, I have a favor to ask of you -I was hoping you might take a moment to describe eating a Laduree macaroon -texture, smooth outer layer -what is that, sweetness etc etc. I am getting married and I was going to make gift bags for my friends and family and I thought that I might like to include macaroons but I need a reference point and hoped your flavor experience might provide it. Kind Regards, A.

By David on January 13, 2008 6:50 AM

Anthony: Yikes! I don't think I have enough bandwidth to describe what I taste when I eat one of those macarons from Laduree. Perhaps someone else can step in?

By Tags on January 13, 2008 11:15 AM

Is one of the judges names Maximilien?

As you know, Maximilien robs Pierre.

By David on January 13, 2008 11:19 AM

Tags: LOL! Ha ha...thanks for the chuckle...

(It almost made me feel better about the best candidate ever, being be voted off...)

By krysalia on January 13, 2008 6:25 PM

i've heard about the big scandal around the phones votes, without purpose because there was no elimination this time, i thought that was yesterday. i assume that was last week then...
well, looks like TF1 REALLY needs some audience increases ( ok, i know, je suis mauvaise langue :). )

tags> mouahahaha, really nice :D

By Tartelette on January 18, 2008 3:39 PM

I was kept informed over here by my niece Lea (7) who called me so upset about it...took me a while to figure out what she was talking about...after watching the clip, I can see why :)

By Gonzague on February 2, 2008 6:08 PM

David, your post is full of spam comments :-S

Anyway... hmm . Ah yeah..watching Star Academy ? uhuhu I don't know why I never liked those shows

By David on February 3, 2008 8:21 AM

Gonzague: Unfortunately my site gets slammed by spam and I try to delete it as soon as possible But I do need to sleep too! ; )

I don't like Star Academy much (whoever does the choreography should be banned from France—permanently.)

But I do miss Pierre...

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